272b: Get Organized for Editing in Apple Final Cut Pro X

272b: Get Organized for Editing in Apple Final Cut Pro X

$19.97

Larry Jordan presents a solid foundation in the basics of media and storage, then moves into Final Cut Pro X to illustrate a variety of ways to organize and optimize your system for editing.

 

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Presented: June 27, 2019

Several times each month, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video training webinar discussing issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 46:36
Download file size: 632 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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SESSION DESCRIPTION

A common email question is: “How do I organize my system, software or files to make my editing more efficient?” This week’s session is designed to answer exactly that question.

Join Larry Jordan as he looks at ways to optimize your workflow, files and thinking for video editing. Using Apple Final Cut Pro X, this session covers how to:

  • Optimize hardware
  • Measure performance
  • Plan your storage needs
  • Make backups
  • Modify Library properties
  • Pick the best import settings
  • Create proxies
  • Flag, organize and find media

In this session, Larry presents a solid foundation in the basics of media and storage, then moves into Final Cut Pro X to illustrate a variety of ways to organize and optimize your system for editing.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This is an intermediate-level session. Since we are looking at ways to get better, it will help to know at least a little bit about Apple Final Cut Pro X before you start. This session is delivered as a QuickTime movie.

CHAPTER MARKERS

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CONTENT OUTLINE

  • Welcome
  •   – Biggest challenges to editing
  •   – Agenda
  • System Tips
  •   – Section Agenda
  •   – Hardware Notes
  •   – Optimize a new system
  •   – Optimize an existing system
  •   – Demo: AJA DataCalc
  •   – Editing from a server
  •   – How to copy media
  •   – Demo: AJA System Test Lite
  •   – Demo: Blackmagic Speed Test
  •   – Demo: Activity Monitor
  •   – Table: Storage bandwidth
  •   – Chart: Storage by frame size
  •   – Chart: Storage by frame rate
  •   – Chart: Storage by bit depth
  •   – Table: Storage by codec
  •   – Backup advice
  •   – System questions
  • Final Cut Pro X
  •   – Final Cut Agenda
  •   – When to use multiple libraries
  •   – Where to create proxies
  •   – Modify Library properties
  •   – Create and use proxies
  •   – Work with Events
  •   – Rename media clips
  •   – Apply Favorite/Rejected tags
  •   – Apply keywords
  •   – Search on keywords
  •   – Add/revise metadata
  • Questions
  • Summary